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Oklahoma City once again will host Olympic whitewater slalom trials. Executive Director Mike Knopp of the Oklahoma City Boathouse Foundation made the announcement Tuesday at The Oklahoman’s Downtown Year in Review. Both stages of canoe trials for this summer's Tokyo Games will be held in Oklahoma City in May, Knopp said. The Oklahoma River, which Read More

EMBARK’s bi-annual bus and streetcar sale starts Sunday, but that’s only the beginning for transit-related activities this month. From Sunday to Saturday, all bus and streetcar passes will be half-off. A similar markdown is held annually the first week of July. The discount applies to all types of passes, taking the daily universal bus pass Read More

From the inaugural Sugar Plum Promenade and the first March of the Trees to the return of an icy favorite and a Native American rendition of Christmas carols, the holidays should be especially merry and bright in Downtown Oklahoma City. In its 18th year, Downtown in December includes more than 30 holiday events and attractions, coordinated and produced in Read More

The annual Holiday Pop-Up Shops, a rotating array of independent retailers, is returning to Midtown on Friday for its seventh season.

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It happens. It’s Thanksgiving Day and you just realized that you forgot to buy potatoes, you burned the pie, and you’re not totally sure what happened to the ham, but the satisfied grin on your dog’s face is making you assume the worst. During times like this, we’re especially thankful that there are some local restaurants that Read More

Following a one-year hiatus, one of Oklahoma City’s biggest holiday traditions is returning to Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The 2019 LifeShare WinterFest, featuring snow tubing, opens Friday and tickets for all public sessions are now available online at okcdodgers.com and ticketmaster.com. Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark was unable to host LifeShare Read More

The unemployment rate in the Greater Oklahoma City MSA fell to 2.9% for the month of September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Oklahoma City currently has the 17th-lowest unemployment rate among major metros in the United States. The unemployment rate was 3.1% last month. On the state level, the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.2%. Read More

An analysis by RegionTrack released recently found that the impact of Oklahoma City’s investments in the Metropolitan Area Projects (MAPS) totals more than $7 billion. The report extends previous work completed in 2005 and 2009, which primarily focused on the influence of the first MAPS projects and the accompanying investment downtown. The new Read More